Festival
features pumpkin pies and more

Photo courtesy
of Remlinger Farms

Remlinger
Farms will host the King County Harvest Festival Sept. 22
when their own Chef Gary Asmus will be doing a Complete Pumpkin
Dinner Cooking Demonstration in the Farm Restaurant at 3:30
p.m. The best part will be tasting all the samples and sharing
recipes. To complete the day’s fun on the farm, Remlinger
Farms will host their third annual “Wine Tasting Event,” a
sampling of Northwest wines and Folklore Sodas, plus sampling
of cheeses. The event will be Saturday evening Sept 22, from
5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Ten dollars will give you the choice of
five wines, complimentary appetizers made by Chef Gary, good
music and good company.

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Edition Date: September 17, 2007

Woodinville
well represented at Breast Cancer 3-Day

by
Deborah Stone
Staff Writer

Photo
by June Collins-McKiernan
Three of the 56 Woodinville residents who took part in the Breast Cancer 3-Day
were (l-r:)Janet Christianson, Liz McVey, and Cindy Betts.

The Breast Cancer 3-Day is a 60-mile walk
for women and men who want to make a personal
difference in the fight against breast cancer.
Walks occur in major cities throughout the
U.S. during summer and fall months.

Participants cover an average of 20 miles
a day, increasing awareness for breast cancer
programs and breast health messages along the
way. They commit to fundraising, training and
dedicating an entire weekend to the cause.

At the Sept. 11 council meeting, numbers guy
Jim Katica, Woodinville’s Finance Director,
offered the City Council a mid-year snapshot
of the city’s revenues and expenditures.
Katica’s report laid out the city’s
financial position one quarter of the way into
the two-year budget cycle. At this point, the
forecast is good.

At year end, Katica expects the city will
have $13.5 million more than planned, due in
large part to higher than projected revenues
and lower than projected expenditures.

Northshore Superintendent Karen Forys has
been battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
for the past two years. Though she has continued
to serve in her position throughout the course
of her cancer treatment, she is currently taking
a medical leave. To provide support to Dr.
Forys during this time, the Northshore School
Board has hired Dr. Dolores Gibbons in the
position of special assistant to the superintendent.
Dr. Gibbons, who retired as superintendent
of the Renton School District in June 2006,
was recommended for her experience, interpersonal
skills, ethics, judgment and knowledge of school
district issues.

Folks visiting the Dougherty Farmstead on
Cherry Valley Road will learn how to churn
butter and wash clothes on a scrub board. There
will be logging demonstrations, weaving of
traditional cedar hats and mule-drawn plows.

Three years after Rebecca Ish reportedly injured
a tooth after biting into a McDonald’s
cherry pie, the longtime Duvall resident and
former City Council candidate was charged August
22nd with first-degree theft, first-degree
attempted theft and two counts of filing a
false claim.

Ish, 38, pleaded not guilty earlier this month
to all the charges. Both insurance company
officials and Duvall police investigated the
matter.

According to King County prosecutors, Ish,
on July 31, 2004, said she broke a tooth after
biting into a pit in a cherry pie purchased
at a McDonald’s. The pie was made by
The Bama Companies. Ish submitted a claim for
$6,371 for dental work she said was done by
her employer, a Redmond dentist. The claim
was paid by the pie company’s insurer,
Chubb Federal Insurance Co.

Produced by Pacific Northwest writer, photographer
and composer Jerry Mader, Carnation Verbatim – A
Celebration of Elders, is a documentary containing
oral histories and photographs of elder citizens
native to the Snoqualmie Valley and Tolt/Carnation.

Valley residents are invited to an opening
celebration of this photo-documentary at Miller’s
Community & Arts Center in Carnation on
Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m.